Re: [bug-myserver] plugins building system

[Daniele Perrone]

On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Giuseppe Scrivano <address@hidden> wrote:
> Autotools don't offer the same flexibility of scons to handle external
> resources.
>
> If we will decide to use scons only for plugins it will not make the
> SConstruct file simpler (if not for few lines), because all the
> libraries/headers checks must be done in any case.

the problem isn't the complexity of the SConstruct file

> Manage plugins from the GUI is possible only when we will offer binaries
> for them or simply making the GUI program a frontend to the scons
> building system.
>
> Actually it is already used a .xml file to describe the plugin, what do
> you think about package binaries as a simple .zip file?
> We can add another rule in the SConstruct file to automatically do it
> for us.  The files list to include in the .zip can be maintained in the
> same .xml file

Yes, we can do this and manage the zip files with the GUI.

> Another question, do we need a hierarchy for plugins like it is now or a
> flat plugins/ directory can be enough?  I think that at least the
> "generic" category must be removed and these plugins added directly in
> the plugins directory root.

I think it's better now a flat plugin directory, because plugins are
external entities and can be very different from each other, then I
think it doesn't make sense create a hierarchy.

>
> Giuseppe
>
>
> Daniele Perrone wrote:
>> Hi everbody,
>>
>> At this moment in myserver there are two building systems, automake
>> ecc for myserver core, and Scons I guess for plugins managment and
>> building. I know that still now we can build myserver core using
>> scons, but in my opinion it's a bad repetition that should be removed.
>> Then, my idea is separate physically plugins building system and
>> myserver core building system, maybe moving Sconstruct file in the
>> plugins directory, and manage plugins from myserver not by a scripting
>> way but just in the GUI. then, what do you thing about the plugin
>> building system? Which is the better way to manage them?
>>
>
>



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Perrone Daniele